Introduction to Writing a Children’s Fantasy Novel

Write your first children’s novel by developing a synopsis for your story and building a fictional world with compelling characters

• Introduction
• Preparing to Write for Children
• Let’s Make Up a Story
• How to Plan Your Book
• Sharing Your Stories
• Final project

“The books we read when we’re young shape us into the adults of tomorrow.”

Piers Torday, recipient of the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction, is exactly what he wanted to be when he was a child. As a children’s writer, he has dedicated his career to creating fictional worlds that keep young, curious minds turning pages and fascinated by reading.

In this course, Piers takes you on a writer’s journey to create a children’s novel that transports the little ones to another universe and inspires them to ask big questions. Learn how to plan, structure, and write a full-length novel step by step. Discover the creative process behind world-building, plot development, and character arcs that can inspire the next generation.

• About Me
• Influences
• Why Write?
• Where Do Ideas Come From?
• How to Have Ideas
• To Plan or Not to Plan 1
• To Plan or Not to Plan 2
• Creating a Fictional World
• Characters
• The Writer’s Toolbox: Finding Yours
• Finding the Idea
• Creating Your Characters
• Structuring the Story
• Writing Your Synopsis
• Writer’s Block
• How to Pitch Your Story
• An Overview of the Children’s Book Market
• Introduction to Fantasy Novel Writing for Children